Wednesday, November 25, 2009

I'M NOT A BABYSITTER. I'M A PERFORMER: Kim, Isaac and I decided not to do a post about the Adam Lambert AMA performance "controversy" when it happened because, well, I hate "controversies" that belong in quotes and aren't true controversies. It's not like he used his platform to challenge factory farming on the eve of Thanksgiving Week, or to unfurl a banner denouncing the President for his role in, well, something bad. He danced provocatively in order to attract attention, knew exactly what he was doing, and is reaping the expected publicity blitz. [We've come a long way from Shir LaShalom.]

Still, Lambert's remarks on CBS this morning are noteworthy, both because of his unapologetic articulation of a perceived double standard on suggestiveness as to male performers (and in particular gay male performers), and because it's just nice to hear him speak at length for once about anything, given the limits of the Idol format.

added: Ann Powers: "[T]here's a third way to view Lambert's staged provocation: not as a new low for pop's moral standards, nor as a revolutionary act, but as one of the most traditional things he's done so far...."

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